Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MAIDENS' SONG, by ANONYMOUS


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MAIDENS' SONG, by                    
First Line: "nine are we who enter, each maiden votaress"
Last Line: "gleaming like the star-shine, beautiful to see"
Subject(s): Beauty


NINE are we who enter, each maiden votaress
Come to great Demeter in a pretty dress;
A pretty dress, a necklet of clean-cut ivory
Gleaming like the star-shine, beautiful to see.





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